The Spectator, Volume 9William Durell and Company, 1810 - English literature |
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Page v
... action , and the good offices done the vanquished in the name of the Queen of England , gave both the conqueror and the captive the most lively examples of the courage and generosity of the nation he represented . Your friends and ...
... action , and the good offices done the vanquished in the name of the Queen of England , gave both the conqueror and the captive the most lively examples of the courage and generosity of the nation he represented . Your friends and ...
Page xi
... actions . Every thing which is false , vicious , or unworthy , is despicable to him , though all the world should approve it . At the same time he has the most lively sensibility in all enjoyments and sufferings which it is proper for ...
... actions . Every thing which is false , vicious , or unworthy , is despicable to him , though all the world should approve it . At the same time he has the most lively sensibility in all enjoyments and sufferings which it is proper for ...
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... such a gentleman's way , gives his wife new pleasures and satisfactions . The approba tion of his words and actions is a continual new feast to her , nor can she enough applaud her good XVIII No. 522 . THE SPECTATOR .
... such a gentleman's way , gives his wife new pleasures and satisfactions . The approba tion of his words and actions is a continual new feast to her , nor can she enough applaud her good XVIII No. 522 . THE SPECTATOR .
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... actions . If you read a poem on a fine woman , among the authors of this class , you shall see that it turns more upon Venus or Helen than on the party concerned . I have known a copy of verses on a great hero highly commended ; but ...
... actions . If you read a poem on a fine woman , among the authors of this class , you shall see that it turns more upon Venus or Helen than on the party concerned . I have known a copy of verses on a great hero highly commended ; but ...
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... actions of deities with their achievements ; but for a Christian author to write in the Pagan creed , to make Prince Eugene a favorite of Mars , or to carry on a correspondence between Bellona and the Marshal de Villars , would be down ...
... actions of deities with their achievements ; but for a Christian author to write in the Pagan creed , to make Prince Eugene a favorite of Mars , or to carry on a correspondence between Bellona and the Marshal de Villars , would be down ...
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